OT means ordinary time. David dies in today’s first reading. Solomon becomes King. In the gospel, Jesus sends out the twelve with authority to preach the gospel and heal others. This is the beginning of the church. He wants every one of us to go out and share the gospel with others. This is my way of reaching out to others. I hope someone finds my blog useful.
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080724.cfm In the first reading, God is speaking with Jeremiah about the state of the people of Israel. He said he would restore them and make them great again after their time spent in Babylon. In the gospel, Jesus encountered the Canaanite woman who pleads for Him to heal her daughter from a demonic possession….
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070324.cfm Today’s first reading is Paul telling us that we are citizens of God built on the foundation of the apostles with Jesus as the capstone. This includes Thomas, one of the twelve apostles. In the gospel, Jesus appears to the twelve when Thomas is there and tells him to touch his wounds and believe….
Today’s readings are short except for the first reading from 1Kings. It is the story of bringing the Ark into the temple Solomon built. Finally a temple for the Lord! The Ark was in a tent for so long. Now it has a proper home. In the gospel, many people are recognizing the healing power…
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111124.cfm Paul tells Titus how he must live as God’s steward: “must be blameless, not arrogant,not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort…
OT means ordinary time. Today’s reading are repeats of recent daily mass readings, so I have already reflected on Samuel being called by God and Andrew and Peter following Jesus. The only other reading is 1 Corinthians 6 13c-15a, 17-20 It says to avoid immorality which is sinning against the body. Your body is a…
Today’s first reading is God telling Abraham of the new covenant He has with him. That his descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky. Why would you think this is important during Lent? Jesus talks about it in the gospel today. He first says whoever keeps my word will never see…
